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January Wishlist
at 20:38 18 Dec 2023

Town fans, as the January window is two weeks away from being upon us, who would you like to be added into the squad?

For me, my three are:

1) Max Bird (Derby County) - With Massimo being away for practically a month with Australia for the Asia Cup, I believe Bird would be a perfect replacement and give us the same effect Massimo brought us in L1 last season. Yes, we have Taylor in waiting, but for me, Bird adds more of the defensive element you need in the Championship.

2) Devante Cole (Barnsley) - This is a bit of a wildcard selection, but Devante Cole suits the type of striker we’ve seen McKenna bring to Town, tall, physically strong and able to knock the ball on to Chaplin, or the wingers. With 12 goals in L1 for Barnsley this season, Cole could be the type of striker to score the important goal in a game for Ipswich, and I believe he could be a very good option in terms of price to bring to the club.

3 Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) - this one for me, has to be a deal which Ashton should look at, I feel with Town, we don’t have a replacement for Chaplin, I could potentially see Taylor being moulded into that role but Szmodics has been playing that role for years, for Colchester, Peterborough and now Blackburn. And he always seems to score against us, and he is an exciting player and one that could rival Chaplin for a starting place, and if not, a very good super sub, and with Blackburn’s financial situation, they may be forced to sell a key player to help boost their playoff ambitions.

Other options could be:

Making the deal permanent for Omari: This one is a bit of a shot in the dark, given that Chelsea would have been keeping an eye on his performances for us, however he adds that Dos Santos/Celina/Lawrence effect whenever he plays in front of the Portman Road crowd, however can see Chelsea demanding a very high fee for the youngster.

Another winger: Not in high priority due to Harness, Broadhead and Jackson being able to operate on the wings, but I feel that we need a difference maker in the squad, and the amount of chances Broadhead had against (cough cough) those lot, only to spur them wide, makes me think we need another winger who can create those good opportunities in our ranks, who that winger is, I do not know but would be happy if we targeted one.

[Post edited 18 Dec 2023 20:41]

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